Zardari among Time magazine’’s ”20 People Who Mattered Most in 2008”

Washington, Dec 26 (ANI): President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari has made it to Time magazine’’s new list of ”People Who Mattered”. Zardari ends 2008 as the President of a nuclear-armed nation threatened by Islamic militancy and on the verge of economic collapse. Swimmer Michael Phelps also landed a place in the prestigious list because of his historic win at the Olympics this year. Along with Rick Warren, pastor of a Lake Forest, Calif., church, who has written a self-help book that sold more than 30 million copies, UK leader Gordon Brown and George W Bush have also made the cut. Hillary Clinton, Robert Downey Jr. and Tina Fey are also in the list. Full List of ”People Who Mattered”: * Ingrid Betancourt * Rod Blagojevich * Gordon Brown * George W. Bush * Hillary Clinton * Robert Downey Jr. * Tina Fey * Richard Fuld Jr. * Robert Gates * Somaly Mam * John McCain * Stephenie Meyer * Robert Mugabe * Michael Phelps * Mikheil Saakashvili * The Somali Pirates * Dara Torres * Craig Venter * Rick Warren * Asif Ali Zardari (ANI)